land degradation

Venezuela: Concrete Beaches in Oil Seas | Venezuela: Playas de Concreto en Mares de Petróleo

Venezuela: Concrete Beaches in Oil Seas | Venezuela: Playas de Concreto en Mares de Petróleo

The ecological footprint of being called the “Country with the largest oil reserves in the world”, is still present on the coasts. More than half a century of oil production has given Venezuela great economic wealth at the cost of environmental degradation. Due to it’s geo-strategic location…

RECAP: FOR FORESTS’ SAKE

RECAP: FOR FORESTS’ SAKE

As part of Global Landscape Forum’s Biodiversity Conference in November 2020, Y4N Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, Vinamra Mathur, joined forest experts from around the world for a panel titled: For forests’ sake: Transforming extractive industries and infrastructure to achieve NYDF Goal 3. The panel addressed the urgent need for…

Venezuela: environmental and human injustices – Arco Minero ecocide

Venezuela: environmental and human injustices – Arco Minero ecocide

“Despite these humanitarian and environmental atrocities, very few global organizations or activists have mobilized or campaigned to make these issues known within their circles. In the meantime, this huge area is being mined, and the great biodiversity and the indigenous people in this area are being impacted and the damage will be irreversible.”

The Double-Edged Nature of Land: A Practical Analysis of the IPCC's Special Report on Climate Change and Land

The Double-Edged Nature of Land:  A Practical Analysis of the IPCC's Special Report on Climate Change and Land

“[…] the IPCC’s SRCCL shines light on interlinked global challenges like climate adaptation and mitigation, desertification, land degradation and food security, whilst suggesting land-related actions/NBS that can mutually benefit all these areas. Whilst much of the current discussion misguidedly focuses on singular individual lifestyle changes, just like with the Special Report on 1.5C, we urgently need large-scale and context-dependent action that is participatory, inclusive, multi-sectoral, and actively considers ecological, social, economic, cultural and institutional factors.”